Billfold



A. PITAR BILLFOILD Jan. 23, 1945.

Filed Jan. '7, 1944 INVENTOR ADOLPH P1 TAR BY ewyws ATTORNEYS sible, an insert it is provided Patented Jan. 23, 1945 Adolph Pitar, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Sidney Solomon and Sidney Boson,

doing business as Originalities, New York, N. Y. Application January 7, 1944, Serial No. 517,334

2 Claims.

This invention relates to the class of pocketbooks known as billfolds and the same has particular reference to a billfold provided with means disposed therein and adapted to be partially projected therefrom for facilitating the emplacement of the bills in and the removal of the same from the billfold.

The invention comprehends a billfold of the type provided with an elongated pocket adapted to receive paper currency in unfolded condition and which is contained in a currency receiving insert slidably disposed in said pocket and formed with a tongue projecting outwardly through a guide in the billfold so as to constitute a manipulating means for inserting the insert in the pocket and for projecting the same therefrom in partially protruding relation thereto to thereby render the insert readily accessible for emplacement of currency in the billfold and the removal of the same therefrom.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, reference is now made to the following specification and accompanying drawing in which the preferred embodiments of the invention are il lustrated.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a billfold equipped with a currency receiving insert constructed in accordance with the invention and illustrating the insert in partially projected relation.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the currency receiving insert.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken approximately on the line 33 of Figure '1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form I of currency receiving insert.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, ii! designates generally a billfold of any preferred construction having an elongated pocket ll between the opposite side walls l2 and I3 thereof which opens through one of the 10-hgitudinal edges of the billfold and which billfold is foldable on a transverse medial line between the usual outer compartments l4 and I5 for insertion in the wearers pocket.

In order to provide means for rendering the currency contained in the billfold more acceswhich is of a size adapted to be disposed in nested relation within the pocket H and to contain paper currency in unfolded, condition. The insert it is preferably constructed of a single sheet of flexible material such a leather or other equivalent sheet material which is folded upon itself to provide opposite leaves I? and S8 of similar formation, the

leaf ll being out to form an outwardly projecting medial tongue I9 which projects through a guide slit 2!] in the side wall I2 of the billfold so as to constitute a manipulating means for slidably inserting the insert IS in the pocket H and for projecting the same therefrom in partially protruding relation so that the same is readily accessible for inserting currency in or removing the same from the billfold.

In the modified form of insert 2| illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawing, the. leaf 22 islprovided with parallel slits 23 extending inwardly from the free longitudinal edge thereof forming a tongue 24 which is adapted to project through the guide slit 20 in the billfold so as to serve as manipulating means for inserting the insert into the pocket H in the billfold and for projecting the same therefrom.

In this form of the invention the free end of the tongue 24 extends outwardly the full extent of the width of the insert while in the previously described form the free end of the tongu I9 is disposed slightly inwardly of the outer edge of the insert. In addition to serving as manipulating means for withdrawing the insert from the billfold, the tongue thereof functions to retain the insert in the pocket of the billfold.

What is claimed is:

1. In a billfold of the type provided with an elongated pocket opening through one edge thereof, a currency receiving insertdisposed within said pocket and of a size to contain paper currency in unfolded condition, said billfold having a guide slit in one wall thereof and said insert including opposite leaves hingedly connected together along their inner edges and having an entrance mouth between said leaves along a and. the removal of the same their outer edges and one of said leaves being provided with a medially arranged transversely extending tongue disposed in protruding relation from said guide slit to thereby constitute a manipulating means for slidably disposing the insert within the pocket and for projecting the same therefrom in partially protruding relation for facilitating the emplacement of currency in from the billfold.

2. In a billfold of the type provided with an elongated pocket opening through one edge thereof and adapted to be folded on a transverse medial line, a currency receiving insert disposed within said pocket and of a size adapted to contain paper currency in unfolded condition and including opposite leaves hingedly connected together along their inner longitudinal edges and having an entrance mouth between said leaves along their outer longitudinal edges, one of said leaves being cut to provide a medially arranged transversely extending tongue, said billfold being provided with a guide in one wall thereof through which the said tongue protrudes to thereby constitute a manipulating means for slidably projecting the insert from the pocket in partially protruding relation for facilitating the removal of the currency from the billfold and said insert being longitudinally foldable coincident with the folding of said billfold along a transverse line extending longitudinally of and intermediate the side edges of said tongue.

ADOLPH PITAR. 

